Improvement in roofing-tiles



G. A. TAYLOR.

Roofing-Tile.

N o. 211,944. Patented Feb. 4, 1879.

C w W www NJETERS, FHOTO-LJTHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON. 11C.

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IMPROVEMENT IN ROOFlNG-TILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. QILLLLA, dated February 4, 1879; application tiled November 1, 1878.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, Gnonen A. TAYLOR, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Roofing-Tile, which improvement is 'fully described in the following speciication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

The nature of my invention relates to roofing-tiles having marginal flanges, by which the same are interlocked with each other in such a manner that they will be held iirmly together and will form a watertight surface.

My invention consists mainly in the peculiar construction ofthe rooting-ti le 5 and, further, in the roof made by laying my peculiar tiles and securing them, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, Figure l represents aplan of a portion of a roof composed of my improved tile. Fie. 2 represents a transverse section of the same on line efin Fic'. l; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section on line c d in Fig. l; and Fig. 4, a similar section on line a l).

T is the body of the tile, consisting of a flat plate ot' terra-cotta or other suitable material, oblong in form and narrower at one end than at the other. On one side this tile represents a perfectly plain surface, while at the opposite side it is provided with longitudinal marginal iian ges t, projecting about the thickness of the body of the tile. These iianges tcommence at and are flush with the broad end of the tile, and extend to apoint within a short distance from the narrow end of the same, at which point they are cut slantin g to an angle of about forty-five degrees. The distance betweensaid flan ges ty at the broad( end ofthe tile is a little wider than the measurement across the exterior edges of said flanges t at the narrow end of the tile, and said ilanges are placed on an acute angle with the face of the tile-body, for the purpose of forming dovetailed joints with the iianges of the adjacent tiles when placed on the roof. One-half the number of tiles required have holes for screws or nails o in the center of the body near their broad edges, which, when the tiles are laid, will be covered by the overlapping narrow ends of the row of tiles next above. These tiles are secured in rows upon horizontal stringers G, fra-med into or otherwise fastened upon the rafters of the buildin g-roof, at proper distances apart, by screws or nails r, by commencing at the eaves of the roof with placing every other tile for the lowest row with its narrow end downward andits flanges up, at such a distance apart th at when the intermediate tiles are placed to cover the intersticcs with their broad ends elevated and their lia-n ges downward, said anges will cover and embrace one iiange of each adjacent tile, and will form a dovetailed joint therewith. The inverted or flan ge-up tiles are now laid and secured in rows equalD distances apart up the slope to the hip of the roof in such a manner that the narrow end of an upper tile will overlap the body of the broad end of the tile next below it, and that the iian ges of said upper tile will lie between the flanges of the lower one7 so as to form adovetailed joint therewith, after which the intermediate rows of tiles, with their flan ges downward, are placed to cover the interstices, by commencing again at the eaves of the roof, and by sliding each tile downward over the dovetail formed by the flanges of the two horizontally-adjacent tiles, whereby each of the slanted liange ends of an inverted tile will form a butt-joint with one of the slanted flange ends of the contiguous covering-tiles of the next lower row, and whereby each covering-tile will overlap and interlock with the contiguous covering-tile below.

As will be seen, by this device of dovetailed flanges to the tiles, the same are connected in such. a manner in either direction that they cannot be raised oft by the storm blowing from under. Every joint is covered to such a perfection that leakage of rain-water is utterly impossible from a roof composed of the abovedescribedtile.

This tile being very plain in its construction, it is easy to mold, and can be made very light, since the marginal flan ges will stiften the same and nia-keit strong and durable.

I am aware that it is old to make a rooting tile ot' tapering form, a-nd having side iian ges terminating in sloped or beveled ends, and

constructed to project at an acute angle to the body of the tile, and therefore I do not claim either of these features broadly, but only my peculiar tile and the roof made from it.

that tapering tiles have had the side anges l 2 QELQQIL Having' thus explained my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The dat and thin roon g-tile T, constructed oftaperingform, and having side anges t, projecting, at an acute angle to the face of the tile and extending from the broad end to near the narrow end of the tile, said flan ges terminating in sloped or beveled ends, such tile having no other projections, and adapted to be laid with other like tiles in the manner set forth and shown.

2. A roof composed of the tapering tiles T, having side flanges, without other projections, placed at an acute angle and terminating in beveled ends, the small ends of the tiles projecting` beyond theside anges, such tiles being laid in up and down rows, with anges upward, and secured by a screw or nail driven through the body of each tile at its broad end. the narrow end of one tile above being slid into the broad end of the adjoining' tile below till the flanges meet, and so as to cover the securing nail or screw, the spaces between these rows of tiles being` covered by rows of reversed tiles, the small ends of which reversed tiles extend up between the anges of the tiles composing` the first rows and are covered by the next tiles above, all constructed and arranged substantially as described and shown.

GEORGE A. TAYLOR. litnesses EMIL H. FROMMANN, LoUrs FROMMANN. 

